SANTA FE SUV. THERE IS A NEW TWIST IN THE HIGH END CLOSET HEIST IN THE WOODLANDS. THERE ARE NOW CLAIMS OF EXTORTION AND ALLEGATIONS THAT MANY OF THE HIGH DOLLAR DESIGNER ITEMS THAT WERE STOLEN ARE FAKE. "LOCAL 2"'S KEITH GARVIN JOINS US LIVE WITH MORE ON WHAT HE'S UNCOVERED TONIGHT. Reporter: WE'RE OUTSIDE THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE HOUSTON BUSINESS. A PHONE CALL AND A PACKAGE SENT BY THE ALLEGED THIEF. GIVE ME AN ADDRESS. I WILL SEND YOUR IS AMPLES. Reporter: AN ALREADY BIZARRE STORY GOT STRANGER. SOMEONE CLAIMING TO BE THE THIEF WHO PULLED OFF A HEIST IN THE THREE STORY, 3,000 SQUARE FOOT CLOSET IN THE WOODLANDS SENT SOME OF THE ALLEGED ITEMS TO HOUSTON PRESS WRITER. IN A 14-YEAR CAREER, THIS WAS A FIRST FOR HIM. IT WAS A LITTLE UNIQUE, YEAH. Reporter: THE ALLEGED THIEF FIRST CALLED HIM ON TUESDAY USING A BURNER PHONE AND A VOICE MODULATOR. SEVERAL OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE TAKEN WERE FAKE. Reporter: THE PERSON CLAIMED TO BE REACHING OUT AFTER LEARNING THE STOLEN ITEMS WERE SUPPOSEDLY WORTHLESS. THE ALLEGED THIEF ALSO SAID THEY WERE EXPOSING ROAMER AFTER FAILING TO EXTORT MORE THAN HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FROM HER. AS PROOF THE PERSON THEN SENT A PACKAGE TO HIM AT THE HOUSTON PRESS FILLED WITH ABOUT 15 ITEMS. THEY INCLUDED JEWELRY, A WATCH, AND A ROCKET SUPPOSEDLY CONTAINING A LOCK OF HAIR FROM ROAMER'S DECEASED SON. THEY DID SAY THAT THE LOCK OF HAIR WOULD BE INCLUDED AND WHAT THEY WERE SENDING. I WAS MOST CURIOUS TO SEE IF THAT WAS INCLUDED. Reporter: I SPOKE TO THERESA ROAMER WHO TOLD ME SHE'S NOT SURE THE ITEMS SENT TO THE PRESS ARE HERS, BUT THAT THE MAN WHO ROBBED HER WAS, QUOTE, EVIL. IT'S ONE THING TO ROB ME. BUT TO KEEP HARASSING ME IS TOO MUCH. HE'S MAKING MY LIFE A LIVING HELL. THERESA ROAMER ALSO TOLD ME SHE'S NOT SURE WHEN OR IF SHE'LL EVER GET TO SEE THOSE ALLEGED ITEMS. THE INVESTIGATION IS TRYING TO DETERMINE IF THEY'RE AUTHENTIC. REPORTING LIVE FROM MIDTOWN, KEITH GARVIN. "LOCAL 2". ACCORDING TO THE HOUSTON PRESS, THE ALLEGED THIEF SAID THAT HE OR SHE HAD NO RELATIONSHIP WITH THERESA ROAMER AND SAID THAT THEY HAD ONLY

THE WOODLANDS, Texas -

An already bizarre story just got even stranger.

Someone claiming to be the thief who pulled off a heist in socialite Theresa Roemer's legendary three-story, 3,000-square-foot closet in The Woodlands sent some of the alleged items to Houston Press writer Craig Malisow.

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The alleged thief first called Malisow on Tuesday using a burner phone and a voice modulator.

"Every single item that she had was fake," said the voice heard on the audio clip released by the Houston Press, a news and entertainment weekly. "If you give me an address, I will send you samples of items of hers."

The person claimed to be reaching out after learning the stolen items were supposedly worthless. The alleged thief also said he or she was exposing Roemer after failing to extort more than half a million dollars from her.

As proof, the person then sent a package to Malisow at the Houston Press containing 10 to 15 items. They included jewelry, a watch and a locket supposedly containing a lock of hair from Roemer's deceased son.

"They did say that the lock of hair would be included in what they were sending," said Malisow. "So I was most curious to see if that was included."

Local 2's Keith Garvin spoke to Roemer who said she's not sure if the items sent to the Press are hers but the man who robbed her was "evil."

"It's one thing to rob me, but to keep harassing me is too much," said Roemer. "He's making my life a living hell."

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